Kenya s East African Portland Cement plans to expand after returning to profit during the six months ended December, boosted by cost cutting and improved cement sales. Portland, Kenya s No. 3 cement producer, said on Monday it was ...
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The British Museum has opened an exhibition on ‘African textiles today’, focusing on textiles of southern and eastern Africa. African printed and factory-woven textiles have changed with the changing times, fashions and ...
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The International Fashion Showcase, launched in February 2012 by the British Fashion Council (BFC) and the British Council will again take place during London Fashion Week. 27 embassies will display the work of over 110 international ...
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When your country wears more Depends than Pampers, economic disaster is soon to follow. In 2012, adult diapers outsold baby diapers in Japan. The statistic is an unnatural stunner and points to a population chart that has literally been ...
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Mauritian equity firm Catalyst Principal Partners has acquired entire shareholding in Tanzania’s tea packaging company Chai Bora from investment company Transcentury. Catalyst managing director Rajal Upadhyaya said Chai Bora is ...
With the new Renewable Solar Inverter, many Grundfos products can now operate on solar power. A large new market is therefore opening up for products requiring larger quantities of water than the SQFlex pump can deliver. Concurrently with ...
Mario Sala,Area Manager of Italia's leading steel supplier Tuxor expressed the company's operations and the general situation of the steel markets at the SteelOrbis Spring'12 Conference and 66th IREPAS Meeting held in London. Could you ...
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China's sudden cuts to rare earth export quotas and domestic production marked the beginning of a Rare Earth Economic War, proposes Jacob Securities' Senior Mining and Metals Analyst Luisa Moreno. The good news is that partnerships between ...
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Kastan announced that the Company has entered into a development agreement with the LIBO Group a privately held Chinese manufacturing company.Under the terms of the agreement,Kastan and LIBO will install a copper leaching plant in Tanzania ...
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Norway's Statoil and partner ExxonMobil have made a third gas discovery offshore Tanzania, Statoil said Friday. The well in block 2 is part of a four-well drilling program. The next well will be the appraisal of Zafarani discovery, ...
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Norwegian energy firm Statoil found more gas offshore Tanzania, its third discovery in the country this year, putting it closer to having the resource needed to make commercial development viable. Statoil and partner ExxonMobil found more ...
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The discovery of high grade mineralisation has been confirmed by African Eagle's joint venture partner on the Miyabi gold project in Tanzania. Rift Valley Resources has just completed the second phase of drilling for 2012 at the project, ...
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Cotton cultivators in southern African nation of Tanzania have expressed displeasure over the implementation of the new contract farming system in the country. At a recent cotton stakeholders' meeting, farmers said the new system is ...
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A suggestion extended by some of the Lake Zone based cotton industry stakeholders to abolish the newly introduced contract farming in Tanzania, has been turned down by the Tanzanian Cotton Board (TCB). Claiming that they were facing ...
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Southern African tour and travel specialists, Africa Southern Adventures (ASA) has recently launched its portfolio of affordable adventure safari packages. The Cape Town based company has formed strategic alliances with reputable service ...
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